Saint-RodrigueQuébec

For health, Saint-Rodrigue is ahead of almost every Canadian town

In the health survey, 62% of adults in the region rated their health very good or excellent, higher than both Quebec’s towns (56%) and Canadian towns (52%). Lives in the region last 82.9 years on average (2022/2024): 84.7 for women, 81.1 for men. The region has fewer smokers than Quebec, one in ten adults to 12%. What sets Saint-Rodrigue apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 2.4 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Nobody publishes health survey and life expectancy for Saint-Rodrigue alone, so this card uses the figure for the Région de la Capitale-Nationale.

Renting in Saint-Rodrigue eats 29% of household income, more than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns

Owners put the median home at $250,000, below Quebec’s towns ($300,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000) alike. 20% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%). Saint-Rodrigue shares its rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom numbers with the rest of the Québec metro area.

Hazards in Saint-Rodrigue: wildfire low, radon over the guideline in 8.8% of tested homes

Measured across the city of Québec: earthquake risk

Averaged over the years, quake damage costs $0.14 per $1,000 of buildings, close to Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and above Canadian towns ($0.030). No one has filed a flood map for Saint-Rodrigue on the national inventory.

Saint-Rodrigue is wetter than 87% of Canadian towns: 1,173 mm of rain and snow a year

Snow totals 299 cm over the year, above Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm) alike. Rain and snow peak in July, at 119 mm. Most of the snow comes in December, about 77 cm. Saint-Rodrigue sees July afternoons of 25.1°C on average.

Fewer commuters in Saint-Rodrigue drive than in Quebec’s towns or across Canadian towns: 77%

A trip to work takes 21 min on average.

Saint-Rodrigue skews older, with 29% of residents 65 or over, more than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns

Visible minorities make up 17% of the population, above Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike. Under 15: 12% of residents.

A normal November in Saint-Rodrigue runs from −3°C to 4°C

The month after, December, normally sees −3°C afternoons and −10°C nights. November usually brings some 24 cm of snow. In November, the normal is 91 mm of rain and snow. ECCC’s forecast for Vanier is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

At 8.5 visits per person served, Québec public library is busier than nine in ten Quebec’s town libraries

Saint-Rodrigue is served by Québec public library, the library of all of Québec, so the figures here are the city’s, for 594,443 people.

From Saint-Rodrigue, Jacques-Cartier National Park (Québec) is the nearest provincial park (29 km)

The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. Protected areas cover 4.8% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. The largest named area nearby is Île d'Orléans (ouest du pont) Water Fowl Gathering Area, 325 ha, 6.3 km away. 15 protected areas lie within 10 km.

Saint-Rodrigue gets a B− for safety

Violent incidents in its police area came to 15.1 per 1,000 residents a year, above both Quebec’s towns (12.4) and Canadian towns (12). Property crime in the area its police cover: 22.1 per 1,000 people a year. Saint-Rodrigue doesn’t get its own Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 figures; the ones here come from the Québec service area.

The 48 schools of Saint-Rodrigue: 30 elementary schools, 13 secondary schools and 5 schools for every grade

None of them teaches in English, though 10% of schools in Quebec do. Boards running schools in the area: 2, close to Quebec’s towns (2) and below Canadian towns (3).